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<b>DB_TXN-&gt;set_name</b>
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#include &lt;db.h&gt;
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int
DB_TXN-&gt;set_name(DB_TXN *txn, const char *name);
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int
DB_TXN-&gt;get_name(DB_TXN *txn, const char **namep);
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<b>Description: DB_TXN-&gt;set_name</b>
<p>The DB_TXN-&gt;set_name method associates the specified string with the
transaction.  The string is returned by <a href="../api_c/txn_stat.html">DB_ENV-&gt;txn_stat</a> and displayed
by <a href="../api_c/txn_stat.html">DB_ENV-&gt;txn_stat_print</a>.</p>
<p>If the database environment has been configured for logging and the
Berkeley DB library was configured with
<a href="../ref/build_unix/conf.html#--enable-diagnostic">--enable-diagnostic</a>, a debugging log record is written including the
transaction ID and the name.</p>
<p>The DB_TXN-&gt;set_name method may be called at any time during the life of the
application.</p>
<p>The DB_TXN-&gt;set_name method
returns a non-zero error value on failure
and 0 on success.
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<b>Parameters</b> <br>
 <b>name</b><ul compact><li>The <b>name</b> parameter is the string to associate with the
transaction.</ul>
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<b>Description: DB_TXN-&gt;get_name</b>
<p>The DB_TXN-&gt;get_name method returns the string associated with the transaction.</p>
<p>The DB_TXN-&gt;get_name method may be called at any time during the life of the
application.</p>
<p>The DB_TXN-&gt;get_name method
returns a non-zero error value on failure
and 0 on success.
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<b>Parameters</b> <br>
 <b>namep</b><ul compact><li>The DB_TXN-&gt;get_name method returns a reference to the
string associated with the transaction in <b>namep</b>.</ul>
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<br><b>Class</b>
<a href="../api_c/env_class.html">DB_ENV</a>, <a href="../api_c/txn_class.html">DB_TXN</a>
<br><b>See Also</b>
<a href="../api_c/txn_list.html">Transaction Subsystem and Related Methods</a>
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